Man, after fighting the body work and paint for 9 months and a few major sidetracks, she's finally done and back on the road! First time driving with the new suspension and wheels and tires. It actually rides really good too! Right now it's sitting on GC coil over conversion, Koni SA's, GC camber plates, IE RSM's, M3 CAB's. I actually have a popping sound coming from my right side when I'm turning right in a parking lot and slow speeds (under 3 mph) gotta check that out. Wheels are Keskin KT1's, 16x9, ET15, 3mm spacer in the front, 5mm spacer in the rear with 215/40 Falken's. The rear rubbed a tad, so I raised it up a little, but I'm sure once the springs settle, it will drop a little more. The front isn't as low as I want it to be, between the shock travel, oil pan, and camber, I really don't have another option, I may be able to drop it another 1/2, we'll see once I get it aligned and everything settles out.

There's still a few odds and ends that need to be sorted out with the paint, few spots may need to be worked again, but for the most part, everything came out great. Feels good to drive it again, almost forgot how much fun it was!

Pics

When I first got her


Few quick pics today





Fitmemt?

 

Looks good.

 

Mtech II front bumper + 2" lower up front + 1" lower out back + blacked out grill = SICK AS FUCK



It looks really good right now though. Did you roll your fenders? I ask because you said you're rubbing a little bit. If you cannot go any lower...or much lower up front because of ground clearance get some 215/45 tires...it'll give you another ~1/2 inch of ground clearance just by doing that.

 

Yeah I'm thinking Mtech 2 down the road. It's a 318 so the M42 pan hangs low as fuck, I have a skid plate on it to help some, but that's even hangs low, not much I can do there. I rolled the rear lips, which did help a little, but BMW put the undercoating under there and it was all caked up on the lip, so I couldn't roll it up completely, probably a little over 45*, better then nothing I guess.

I've read about people cutting the strut mount 2" shorter and running Corrado struts up front to lower it done some more. I can go lower on the rear, probably another 1/2-3/4", but the tires rubs bad, so the back is good where it's at for me. The front is actually better then I though, I thought it was going to rub bad, the camber plates are maxed out as positive as they can go, I'll find out how bad it's off when it get aligned tomorrow. Depending on how bad the camber is off, the front might get dropped a little more.

 

sexy...I want

 

Hardtop00SS over on VAdriven goes SO HARD

But seriously, it's a nice looking car.

 

Very nice. What wheels are those? I can't make em out.

 

Keskin KT1's

 

He said keskin kt1's. Car looks good!

Damn he beat me to it.

 

Yep KT1's. Was thinking of going with a staggered setup, but I'm liking the 16x9's up front.